unwarranted
English
Etymology
Adjective
unwarranted (comparative more unwarranted, superlative most unwarranted)
- Not warranted; being without warrant, authority, or guaranty; unwarrantable.
- Unjustified, inappropriate or undeserved.
- 2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes[1], page 312:
- The dictionaries themselves cover this additional lexis in what can best be described as a piecemeal fashion, with an obvious but unwarranted bias towards colonial era lexis.
Related terms
Translations
being without warrant, authority or guaranty
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unjustified
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See also
References
- “unwarranted”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “unwarranted”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.